This story is just one example among many involving heavy truck traffic from the Eagle Ford Shale, which is making things difficult for Texas drivers. Speed limits are one local government's specific concern. As Bob Thaxton reports for the Seguin Gazette, the local...
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Month: April 2012
Truck drivers may soon be required to undergo sleep apnea evaluations
As Oliver B. Patton reports for Heavy Duty Trucking, sleep apnea can lead to drowsy driving, which is one common cause of truck accidents, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) says that truck drivers with a body mass index of 35 or higher should...
The EPA Imposes Emission-capture Rules on the Oil and Gas Industry
Last week at this time we wrote that no one seems to be worried about the possible environmental harm caused by hydrofracking for oil and gas in the Eagle Ford Shale and Barnett Shale plays in Texas. Perhaps we spoke too soon. As Steve Hargreaves reports for CNN...
420: ‘National Pot Smoking Day’
At least some of the furor against drug and alcohol use has to do with the safety of our roadways. Every time something bad happens, like an alcohol-related truck accident, there is a certain amount of outrage. Any person who drives under the influence of a substance,...
Twice-Daily Pill ‘Pradaxa’ Has Heart Doctors Worried
As Ransdell Pierson reports for Reuters, Boehringer Ingelheim's drug Pradaxa has some heart doctors worried that it may cause more harm than good. Here's the news: "[Y]ou can kill a patient as easily with the new drug as you could with the old drug," says Dr. Alan...
Injured in a car crash? Take the chopper, not the ambulance
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out: As Andrew Seaman reports for Reuters, people who sustain serious injury in motor vehicle accidents, like getting T-boned by a tractor trailer, have a better chance of surviving if they're taken by helicopter,...
Depression ‘systemic,’ not a mental illness, say researchers
Major stress and depression, scientists say, can have the same impact on the human body in terms of causing what are normally considered to be age-related diseases, like heart disease, osteoporosis and dementia. As it happens, stress and depression are common side...
Those Fracking Chemicals in Texas: No One Seems to be Worried
Chalk it up to the oil boom. As America seeks to produce more of its own energy, a dominant technology has emerged in an effort to extract oil and gas from our existing plays, like the Eagle Ford Shale and Barnett Shale oil fields in Texas, and both landowners and oil...
Help Wanted: Eagle Ford Shale Truck Drivers with Clean Driving Records
If you're a truck driver in need of work, your prospects are good. But if you're the average motorist in Texas, you have likely noticed the heavy tanker truck traffic as a result of the oil boom. Much of this traffic has contributed to motor vehicle accidents...
Landowners: Know Your Mineral Rights
Oil and gas are the fuels that drive the world economy. And the state of Texas is a significant contributor to that economy, with giants like the Eagle Ford Shale and the Barnett Shale covering large swaths of Texas. There is money to be made, but Texas landowners...